GEDORE Automotive - About Us

We are a medium-sized, internationally operating company, based in Donaueschingen/Germany, and specialise in the development and manufacture of innovative, high-quality specialist tools for the Automotive Industry and Aftermarket.

The GEDORE Automotive GmbH was founded under the name KLANN Spezial-Werkzeugbau GmbH in Donaueschingen in 1978.

We have been part of the GEDORE Group since 2002. Since 1 January 2016, in the course of the brand integration into the GEDORE Group, KLANN Spezial-Werkzeugbau GmbH has become GEDORE Automotive GmbH.

With around 100 patents and utility models at home and abroad, GEDORE Automotive GmbH is one of the world‘s leading manufacturers of specialist automotive tools.

No matter whether it is about vehicle assembly, maintenance or repairs…
specialist tools have become indispensable in today‘s assembly lines and workshops!

When it comes to facilitating and optimising professional vehicle repairs, GEDORE Automotive’s specialist tools are the tools of choice – worldwide.